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B. BURR.

Sleigh. No.- 231,397. Patented Aug. 24,1880.

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MPEFERS, PHOTO-UTHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D O.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BRADLEY BURR, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO A. A. ABBOTT, OF

SAME PLACE.

SLEIGH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 231,397, dated August 24, 1880.

Application filed October 23, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BRADLEY BURR, of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sleighs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, of which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a sleigh pro to vided with my improvement, and Figs. 2, 3,

and 4 detail views.

My invention has especial reference to what are known in the trade as Portland-front sleigh s, the characteristic of which is, that the 1 runners are continued upward above the box to form the frame for the dash-board.

The difficulty heretofore felt with sleighs of the above description has been the great cost of shipping them, owing to the limited extent to which they were capable of being knocked downt'. 0., separated into parts and rendered capable of packinginto a small compass. My object is to overcome this difficulty; and to this end my invention consists in having each runner below the point where it assumes the function of a dash-board frame separated into two parts and provided with the means herein described for attaching the said parts firmly together, and connecting the dash -board by means of short raves to the sleigh-body, whereby, without affecting the nature or symmetry of the sleigh, the dash-board becomes a detachable piece, all as hereinafter more fully set forth.

5 In the drawings, Ais the sleigh-runner, and A the detachable continuation of the same, forming the frame of the dash-board B.

O G are the raves, which serve as braces for the dash-board in the usual manner, and are permanently attachedto the same, but which I make so short and of such form as to have them terminate, when the dash-board is placed in position, under and against the forward sill, r, of the box, to which I bolt them firmly, as

5 shown. I deem this construction preferable to that of having the raves permanently secured to the body of the sleigh and making them detachable from the dash-board, since it admits of a more extended knocking down without the removal of the panel D from the THJVBS In setting up the sleigh the parts A are firmly secured in place to the runners A and the raves O bolted, as aforesaid, to the under side of the sill r.

For connecting together the parts A and the runners A, I employ the following device: A metal plate, E, with angles at both sides to adapt it to fit against the back and both sides of the runner A, is riveted to the said runner in such manner as to extend beyond the end of the same and form, with the metal shoe F, which is likewise allowed to project above the runner, a socket, into which the lower end of the part A is inserted. A bolt, s, is then passed through the shoe F, part A, and plate E, both above and below the joint, as shown, and the upper end of the shoe (which is made to extend sufficiently high for this purpose) is riveted or otherwise secured to the (lash-board B, thus binding all the parts firmly together.

It will be seen that when my detachable (lash-board is employed the runners need not be set up before shipping, and the sleigh may 7 thus be packed into one-half the space ordinarily required, and that this advantage is gained without any sacrifice whatever, either in the matter of strength or appearance.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the runners A, dashframe A, adapted to form a continuation of the same, dash-board B, an gle-plate E, secured to the runner A and projecting beyond the 85 same, bolts 3, and short raves 0, connecting the dash-board to the body of the sleigh, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the runners A, dashframe A, adapted to form .a continuation of 0 the same,dash-board B, angle-plate E, riveted to the runner A and projecting beyond the same, extended shoe F, bolts 8, and short raves 0, connecting the dash-board to the body of the sleigh, said parts being constructed and 5 arranged to operate substantially as described.

BRADLEY BURR.

In presence of- P. O. DYRENFORTH, J osEPH A. OAVANAGH. 

